Strongman: Slovenia Grand Prix
by Randall J. Strossen, IronMind Enterprises, Inc. © 2009
GP Slovenia will be in Postojna, Slovenia will be hosting a strongman grand prix on 25 of July.
Postojna, Slovenia will be the location for this weekend’s Slovenia GP strongman contest. IronMind® | Artwork courtesy of Vlad Redkin.
Here is the start list:
1. Wolfgang Kriechbaum - Austria
2. Rolands Gulbis - Latvia
3. Radojica Marinkovič - Serbia
4. Jiri Žaloudek - Czech Republic
5. Andrej Ušlakar - Slovenia
6. Sandi Ivančič - Slovenia
7. Damijan Slapnik -Slovenia
8. Primož Pogačnik - Slovenia
9. Gregor Stegnar - Slovenia
. . . and the events:
1. Truck pull: 18 tons, 20 meters
2. Super yoke: 370 kg, 20 meter + Farmer’s walk: 2 x150 kg
3. Dumbbell: 65 kg + log lift: 120 kg + log lift: 140 kg
4. Duck walk: 200 kg, 10 meters + tire flip: 490 kg x 6 flips
5. Atlas stones: 120 - 180 kg
6. Conan's wheel: 380 kg